Machine for the manufacture of sheet-glass.



No. 822,446. MTENTBD JUN?. .5. ma J. T. HAMILTON. MACHINE POR THE MANUPACTUHB of H1-:ET GLASS.

APPLICAILOLN I'LLLD MAYA. VAUD,

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PATENTED JUNE 5, 1906.

J. T. HAMILTON.

MACHINE EUR THE MANUFAGTURE 0E SHEET GLASS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 26, 1905.

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45 may be discharged.

JOHN THOMAS HAMILTON., OF HARTFURD CITY., TNBTAN.

NACHENE FR THE MANUFCTURE @F Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 5, 1996.

Application filed llay 26,1905. Serial Nox 262,518.

T [L7/Z whom, t 'nz/(ty concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN THOMAS HAMIL- TON, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Hartford City, in the county of Blackford,

State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Machines for the Mar .i facture of Shcet-Glass, of which the following is a specification.

This machine is one of that kind in which 1o a sheet of glass is drawn from a tank or pot 15 out is cooled and solidified by means of an air-blast delivered against both sides of the sheet. Improved means are provided for manipulating the air-pipes, so as to properly position them as to the sheet of glass.

zo The invention is illustrated in the accomm panying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of the apparatus. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the glass-pot and the air-pipes. l

Referring specifically to the drawings, indicates the glass tank or pot in which a quantity of molten glass is placed. Standing AbesideI and above the pot is a framework 7, in which slides a cross piece or plate S, raised or 3o lowered by a rope S), connected thereto and which passes over a pulley to any suitable source of power. The plate 8 has on its side or face hooks 11, in which may be hung the cross-bar 12 of the stem or rod 13, at the lower 3 5 end of which is the bait-bar 14, so that the bait-bar is hung upon the vertically-sliding plate. Said bait-bar is preferably a solid round bar of iron and is located directly above the tank 6, into which it may be lowered and 4o from which it may be raised by the means above described. Extending across the tank 6 is a pair of pipes 15. These pipes are parallel and haveon their inner sides slits (indicated at 16) through which the blast of air The parts are so positioned that the bait-bar 14 maybe raised or lowered between the pipes. Said pipes are dro iped, as at 17, to bring them close to thc surface of the glass in the tank and at their 5o outer ends are connected by llexible hose 18 to main air-pipes 1t), through which a blast may be supplied from any suitable source. The pipes 15 are supported on the ends of the tank in half-collars 20, formed at the ends of branches 21, pivotally connected to handle rods 22. These rods and branches rest upon the ends of the tank, and located behind the branches are pins or lugs 23. When the han-- dles are pulled out, the branches 21, bearing against the lugs 23, are caused to swing in or together, thus bringing the pipes 15 closer together, and the opposite action takes laos when the handle-rods are pushed in. n order to prevent the pipes coming teo close to gether and thus comin in contact with a sheet of glass, they have ugs 24 opposite each other, and these lugs come in contact and stop the movement of the pipes toward each other.

.ln the operation ofthe machine the charge of lass is placed in the tank and allowed to coo alittle. ,The bait-bar le is then lowered into the saniebetween the ipes 15. The

lass adheres to said bar, whiclli is then lifted, ravi/ing up a sheet of glass from the tank. At the same time the a1r-blast is turned on, cooling the sheet as it is drawn out. .ln erder to regulate lthe strength of the blast, and consequently the thickness of the sheet, the pipes 15 may placed closer to or farther rom the sheet by manipulation of the han dles 22. After the sheet is started it will usually be necessary to bring the air-pipes 15 closer thereto, so as to cool the same rapidly and prevent separation of the sheet and to permit it to be drawn up faster, holding it to a uniform thickness. W'hen fully drawn, the sheet is cut ofi near the pot and removed.

Tvll/hat I claim as new, and desire to secure by 'Letters Patent, is-

ln an apparatus for making sheet-glass, the combination with a tank and means for drawing a sheet of glass therefrom, of a pair r: of annpcs between which the sheet is drawn and a apted to deliver a cooling-blast there'-l to, said air-pipes being connected vto a ilexi blc hose, and handles having plvoted branches connected to oppositeeuds of the pipe and movable in or out to move the pipes toward or from each other, the tank having projections which engage the branches when the handles are moved in or out and swing the same to or from each other.

WrLLmM B. ABBOTT, FRANK llAMiL'roN.

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